Can I ask why visitors are able to book tees at THGC 90 days in advance, but a member is restricted to 14 days? Thanks
This decision was taken following the introduction of tee times 4 years ago, visitors can only book between 11am-3pm. Many of our visitors travel some distance and often use us as a middle ground or when on golf weekends, therefore we allow visitors to book and plan in advance.

In order to stop anymore confusion with regard to our practice putting area and the two club local rule introduced a while back, ( which is not understood or adhered to by the vast majority of members) May I suggest we adopt local rule number D-5.3.
Thanks for your comment. This has now been looked at and for now the decision is to leave things how they are currently. But we will keep it under review

Sorry , tried to edit my comment but system wouldn’t let me but wanted to add we need to be flexible in setting up divisions depending on the number of entries as many clubs do rather than having a rigid System as we have now. I do appreciate the hard work that goes into finalizing results as it is something I have done on many occasions in the past when on H&C.
Thanks for your suggestion, this is currently under review with the H&C Committee

I feel H&C need to revisit the distribution of prize money in competitions with divisions. It used to be one division only up to 30 players which was much better imho. The last Wednesday competition had a situation where a player with 31 points was awarded more than the winner who had 42 points along with 8 others who scored better than 31.

Today I played in the Potts pairs which was a credit to the fast draining course .Credit to the green staff who cleared the worms of the greens .
I think that the club is letting its self down a lot. There is no running scoreboard I am sure the technology at the club is able to show this in the Clubhouse.
Surely the management of the club should be floor walking after the round to ask the visitors if they had a nice experience at Tadmarton and encourage them to return.
Instead the visitors wander off home and have to wait for an e mail or message to see if they have been successful.
I believe that there is a running score board at the Beaumont Pease why not today.
If we organise these opens surely very effort should be made organisers to make the experience a great one.
A lot of room for improvement other clubs do it.

Thanks for your comments, we are sorry your experience did not live up to the great comments we received from the many visitors who attended the event, apologies if we didn't get round to see you after your game but we can assure you that our members and guests experience is always our number one priority. We are pleased you thought the course was in good order especially following your comments that the event should have been cancelled that morning. We are very proud of the work the team has done in order get the greens draining better than ever. In the pre-tournament email it was explained that the results would be posted out to the competitors, and that there would not be a presentation due to the distances travelled by players.

The ruling published for the Winter League was confusing me. It says that if a partner cannot play for any reason then a substitute can be found, so far that is good, but it goes onto say that the original partner when fit cannot resume to play. So if I have to get a substitute I had better make sure he is available long term.
I asked John today to explain the reasoning to me he said that this was the first time that substitutes had been tried, and the ruling was to stop members abusing the rules. This only tells me that the membership in the eyes of the committee cannot be trusted. If you require to know how subs are used then please ask, they have operated substitutes at Feldon Valley for 30 plus years in the Winter league.

Following feedback from the 2023/24 Winter League, the H&C Committee decided to change the format of this years competition, it was also decided for the first time to allow a substitute, as on a very few occasions in previous years, a team has not been able to carry on. The rule we feel is very clear, and is a positive step forward in helping a team who finds themselves a partner down. Your version of the conversation you had with John Stubbs is completely inaccurate, this is a new rule that only helps teams, at no stage does it suggest that there is a distrust in the membership.



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Huge compliments to greens staff and committee. Could we please consider moving the winter tees off our natural grass tees? They really do not reflect the reputation of our course. Easy to do on 9 and 11, holes that are quite long enough in winter.
First impressions are so important, so could we returf the scar left by the uneven winter tee area in front of the first.
Tx for all you continue to do for us all.

Thanks for the comments, this is currently in the winter work programme to be removed this winter.

May I suggest as a concession to afternoon members, that when a society is booked in to begin their tee times at 1300 hrs, ( the earliest an afternoon member can book a tee time) then if possible, allow afternoon members to tee off from 1200hrs. I’m convinced this would help with pace of play issues and make the day more pleasant for visitors.

Thank you for your comments, this was discussed at a recent Board meeting, where it was felt the information when the office can book in societies is clearly shown on the members website.

Sorry - something went wrong - so thanks for pointing out now no need to tee off from 8th. However if teeing off from 8th was a regular option, there would logically have been less wear & tear on 1 -7

I fully endorse a “common sense” rule ie not to go off the 8th unless first ensuring no -one on 6th tee (or closer).

Thank you Greens Committee for pointing out that holes 1 abd 2

Whilst I can understand why the first and second holes are closed, why only on weekdays? Also, there is a competition every Wednesday that can’t use all holes, and more significantly, the MacMillan Cup knock out has to be played during the next couple of months and being a Seniors comp, most would play on weekdays. Presumably we will only have 16 holes to play the knock out or try to play at weekend when it will be very busy

Thank you for the comments, in terms of the MacMillen KO if we can refer you to the Competition T&C's in particular Part 2. 3.3. Your comment regarding the hole closures during midweek only will be referred to the Greens Committee for discussion.

Just read that the first tee, having suffered significant wear, is to be closed for a period, and a temp teeing area created. I often puzzle as to the rigidity of not being able to start on the 8th but am assured this will not change. This means wear and tear on front 7 holes is significantly increased e.g. Academy members only can play 1 - 6 so will always use 1st tee, afternoon members this time of year will struggle to get much more than 9 holes in, and a significant number of members only want to play 9 holes or so.
Allowing members to start from the 8th would considerably reduce wear and tear on the 1st tee, and indeed may well help to reduce the seriously muddy state of 1st / 2nd fairways (with less foot traffic).

Maybe less important, maybe not - I am aware THGC has been striving to get into the Top 100 courses - to have to move the 1st tee to a temp does not enhance the visitor experience, and as above, maybe reducing traffic on front nine is worthy of consideration?

Thank you for the suggestion this
will be taken to the next Greens meeting

UPDATE- Now the 1st and 2nd is now fully open, the Greens committee feel there is no need to tee off the 8th, however the Greens committee will continue to monitor the situation.

I wonder whether thought could be given to having a noticeboard (online maybe) for members to seek other playing partners. I tend to play 9 holes (walking) but happy to do 18 in a buggy. I can of course add my name to someone’s booked tee time, but if I am not planning to play full round, it would not be fair to do that.

Thank you for the suggestion, we will look if this is possible using our current system. UPDATE After further investigation we are afraid the system can’t be changed, however we will add a sign up sheet on the locker room noticeboard

I would like to second Bob Lawrence’s request. When I joined in 2020 the afternoon members could play from 12 noon when clocks go back. I seem to recall the change to 1pm all year happened around the time COVID restrictions lifted - does seem a bit tough on afternoon members.

Thank you for your feedback. The membership committee meet every year to discuss the current rules within each category, at present it is felt that the current rule of 1pm is adequate taking into consideration the membership numbers in the other categories.

Could you please consider afternoon members playing golf from 1200hrs from when the clocks go back and winter time is upon us. ( in order to play a full round).
Is it also possible for you to consider allowing afternoon members to play in the competitions allowed to country members, after all both pay equal subscriptions.

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. The membership committee meet every year to discuss the current rules within each category, at present it is felt that the current rule of 1pm is adequate taking into consideration the membership numbers in the other categories.

With regards to playing in competitions which are afforded to Country members, this membership requires the member to live 40 miles away and only allowed to play 25 times per year. There is no current plan to change the T&C’s of the Afternoon membership category to offer the same.

Can we consider areas where the grass growth is patchy ( just mud) or failing to take, to be GUR … for instance hole 6 front green side bunker, the grass level or surface does not offer an opportunity to play any recovery shot.
Thank you for your suggestion, this will now be taken to the Greens Committee

The work done by the divotting volunteer group is clearly helping the course.
Could we have small bags of seed / sand available for individual golfers to take out to repair their own divots?
Thank you for your suggestion, this will be taken to the next Greens Committee meeting.

When may we expect to see hand rails on either or both of the steps up to the 9th tee?
Thank you for the suggestion this will be passed onto the Green's Committee. UPDATE - 3/7/23 This has now been put in place on the steps at the back of the tee

The course is looking great, thank you and well done to all those involved in managing, improving and maintaining the course
Thank you for your feedback, this will be passed onto the staff team.